Matthew Poole and continuators on Isaiah 41:7

7. So the carpenter encouraged the goldsmith , and he that smootheth with▪ the hammer him that smote the anvil, saying, It is ready for the sodering : and he fastned it with nails that it should not be moved.

VVho brought wood to compose the body of the Idol.

VVho was to prepare golden plates for covering, and ado[illegible: 1+ letters]ning of the Image, which some of them beat out upon the Anvil, and others smoothed or polished, as it follows.

That we may put the several parts together, and set it up to be worshiped.

d To the VVall or Pillar, least it should fall down, or go, or be carryed away from them. See Isa. 40. 19, 20.

Marginal references: Or, founder.; Or, saying of the soder, It is good.; Or, the smiting.